diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
index ba4a063d55..64e197e3e3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
@@ -1860,15 +1860,30 @@ bool ppu_load_exec(const ppu_exec_object& elf, bool virtual_load, const std::str
 			else if (already_loaded)
 			{
 			}
-			else if (!vm::falloc(addr, size, vm::main))
+			else if (![&]() -> bool
 			{
-				ppu_loader.error("vm::falloc(vm::main) failed (addr=0x%x, memsz=0x%x)", addr, size); // TODO
+				// 1M pages if it is RSX shared
+				const u32 area_flags = (_seg.flags >> 28) ? vm::page_size_1m : vm::page_size_64k;
+				const u32 alloc_at = std::max<u32>(addr & -0x10000000, 0x10000);
 
-				if (!vm::falloc(addr, size))
+				const auto area = vm::reserve_map(vm::any, std::max<u32>(addr & -0x10000000, 0x10000), 0x10000000, area_flags);
+
+				if (!area)
 				{
-					ppu_loader.error("ppu_load_exec(): vm::falloc() failed (addr=0x%x, memsz=0x%x)", addr, size);
 					return false;
 				}
+
+				if (area->addr != alloc_at || (area->flags & 0xf00) != area_flags)
+				{
+					ppu_loader.error("Failed to allocate memory at 0x%x - conflicting memory area exists: area->addr=0x%x, area->flags=0x%x", addr, area->addr, area->flags);
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				return area->falloc(addr, size);
+			}())
+			{
+				ppu_loader.error("ppu_load_exec(): vm::falloc() failed (addr=0x%x, memsz=0x%x)", addr, size);
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			// Store only LOAD segments (TODO)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_memory.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_memory.cpp
index 067902d60c..d8b9ff6823 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_memory.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_memory.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ struct sys_memory_address_table
 	}
 };
 
+std::shared_ptr<vm::block_t> reserve_map(u32 alloc_size, u32 align)
+{
+	return vm::reserve_map(align == 0x10000 ? vm::user64k : vm::user1m, 0, align == 0x10000 ? 0x20000000 : utils::align(alloc_size, 0x10000000)
+		, align == 0x10000 ? (vm::page_size_64k | vm::bf0_0x1) : (vm::page_size_1m | vm::bf0_0x1));
+}
+
 // Todo: fix order of error checks
 
 error_code sys_memory_allocate(cpu_thread& cpu, u32 size, u64 flags, vm::ptr<u32> alloc_addr)
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ error_code sys_memory_allocate(cpu_thread& cpu, u32 size, u64 flags, vm::ptr<u32
 		return CELL_ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (const auto area = vm::reserve_map(align == 0x10000 ? vm::user64k : vm::user1m, 0, utils::align(size, 0x10000000), 0x401))
+	if (const auto area = reserve_map(size, align))
 	{
 		if (const u32 addr = area->alloc(size, nullptr, align))
 		{
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ error_code sys_memory_allocate_from_container(cpu_thread& cpu, u32 size, u32 cid
 		return ct.ret;
 	}
 
-	if (const auto area = vm::reserve_map(align == 0x10000 ? vm::user64k : vm::user1m, 0, utils::align(size, 0x10000000), 0x401))
+	if (const auto area = reserve_map(size, align))
 	{
 		if (const u32 addr = area->alloc(size))
 		{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index 28305052a1..79680c5c41 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -1803,12 +1803,12 @@ namespace vm
 	{
 		const u32 max = (0xC0000000 - size) & (0 - align);
 
-		if (size > 0xC0000000 - 0x20000000 || max < 0x20000000)
+		if (size > 0xC0000000 - 0x10000000 || max < 0x10000000)
 		{
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 
-		for (u32 addr = utils::align<u32>(0x20000000, align);; addr += align)
+		for (u32 addr = utils::align<u32>(0x10000000, align);; addr += align)
 		{
 			if (_test_map(addr, size))
 			{
@@ -2131,8 +2131,8 @@ namespace vm
 
 			g_locations =
 			{
-				std::make_shared<block_t>(0x00010000, 0x1FFF0000, page_size_64k | preallocated), // main
-				std::make_shared<block_t>(0x20000000, 0x10000000, page_size_64k | bf0_0x1),		 // user 64k pages
+				std::make_shared<block_t>(0x00010000, 0x0FFF0000, page_size_64k | preallocated), // main
+				nullptr,		                                                                 // user 64k pages
 				nullptr,                                                                         // user 1m pages
 				nullptr,                                                                         // rsx context
 				std::make_shared<block_t>(0xC0000000, 0x10000000, page_size_64k | preallocated), // video